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ExStreamHD, like a lot of the other exhibits, are trying to get into the whole home server market. This is over ethernet (GigE) and they can support 4 HD streams at once. Their trick play is not like DirecTV’s or TiVo’s. The demo I saw was MPEG-2 but I ask if they can do MPEG-4 and they said sure, but I couldn’t get them to show me.

TiVo is in the house! However, their booth was or meeting room was more about business deals than hardware discussions of showing off anything. I got my kids a couple of plushies and they gave me a T-Shirt.

Ok, this big thing at this event is 3D HD TV! And DirecTV is in the thick of it, as you can see. DirecTV will be launching a 3D channel in June of this year. We were unable to get any detailed information on the 3D stuff from the DirecTV reps. Though DirecTV was at Panasonic and Samsung’s exhibits. As you might imagine, the 3D could not be captured in a photo, these photos only highlight DirecTV’s existence within the realm. Panasonic and Samsungs implementations are different. Samsung wouldn’t allow me to photograph anything in the booths. Both implementations required the use of glasses. In both implementations DirecTV was providing the source material. Panasonic has two implementations themselves. The Samsung presentation I witnessed was pretty kewl to watch a sporting event, it put perspective into the view, everything popped. The one Panasonic presentation I witnessed had images that literally looked liked they popped off the screen into midair. Of the two I liked Samsungs implementation, though I suspect the Panasonic one has its place, just not my cut of tea. Neither vendor would comment on the price of these TV sets, but they will be available “SOON!” that was the best I could get out of them, and BTW, you would need a TV in order to be able to view these too, neither commented on a filter to place on top of current sets. It looks kewl, but I do wonder if it will take off, likely not so much. Oh, I also couldn’t get a price on the glasses either (another expense.)

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Awesome! Cant wait to see more! Im glad we have members willing to share this with the rest of us. I want to thank you guys in advance for going to this event and taking the time to bring us along. Its appreciated!

Great that they have the bandwidth to do live 3D now that Sunday Ticket is over A show attendee in chat tonight said he was told the glasses would run about $150 each.... I do not think 3D will ever be more than a niche. I know Im sure not shelling out for a new TV and $150 a pair for glasses...besides, I wear a prescription glasses now, so Id look pretty stupid wearing two pair at once to watch tv

If you watch the video on the link above, you will hear the salesman say there is No way you can tell if you are watching the DVR or another tv....When if fact, there is....And that demo was video directly from the dvr, not via MRV, as MRV does not show up a free drive space percentage on the LIST screen.

If you watch the video on the link above, you will hear the salesman say there is No way you can tell if you are watching the DVR or another tv....When if fact, there is....And that demo was video directly from the dvr, not via MRV, as MRV does not show up a free drive space percentage on the LIST screen.

It would have too on the Server as the clients wouldn't have a drive in it...

Get the heck out of my way when I'm walking down the designated walkway.
People were trying to get pictures of the people who were being pictured with her. They werent getting anything. My buddy was 10ft out and had no clue what was going on.

And the booth she was at made no sense either.
But my buddy didn't remember what the name of the booth was.

Thanks for posting these Stuart...as promised, hdtvfan0001 has more and he and I will get together and writeup what we found at the Entropic Communications booth.

BTW everyone, my pleasure. This was my first CES. I am so glad I got to meet richierich and hdvtfan0001 and we endured a few steps through this huge display of man toys, wow it was amazing! (No offense ladies, you have to admit our passion for these things on the whole are far more stigmatic towards men, I know a few of you are just as nutty about them ).

It was Marvell, a chip maker that supplies product manufacturers per one of their reps. People were lining up to see someone from one of the NCIS shows. Not sure how celebrity appearances fits into that. They had a demo of a processor/graphics chip, about 1/4 the size of a postage stamp, in a hand-held device, that was taking 4 video streams, mapping them to a spinning globe, and displaying in 720p on a ~32" panel.

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No offense ladies, you have to admit our passion for these things on the whole are far more stigmatic towards men, I know a few of you are just as nutty about them ).

I dont know where YOU were at at CES but there were gorgeous gals ALL OVER the place. Not to mention that the first year CES was in town if you had a CES pass you could get into AVN for free (this is no longer the case).

So these are not man-toys, as women enjoy them too (And cute ones at that. Who calls her Mass Spectrometer Col.? )

It was Marvell, a chip maker that supplies product manufacturers per one of their reps. People were lining up to see someone from one of the NCIS shows. Not sure how celebrity appearances fits into that. They had a demo of a processor/graphics chip, about 1/4 the size of a postage stamp, in a hand-held device, that was taking 4 video streams, mapping them to a spinning globe, and displaying in 720p on a ~32" panel.

NCIS/Celebrities don't fit into chip making necessarily.However, they sure did get a lot of attention, didn't they?And did each person to take a photo not have to swipe their badge??

So now, Marvell has a mass block of email addresses of NCIS/"Abby" fans that they can email about their product.